Game/Activity

In this reading game, students will jump a character as it runs through an obstacle course.  If the student misses a jump, a text structure reading question will appear.  If the student answers the question correctly he/she will be able to continue.  The question is missed, the character loses a try.  Three tries lost, ends the game. After every mile the speed increases.  The goal is to run 10 miles without missing three questions. Structures asked about are: Sequence, Compare and Contrast, Problem/Solution, Cause/Effect, Description, Chronology/Timeline

In this game, students will read a sentence with missing words and then find the correct item that matches what belongs in the space. As students get better and move up levels, strange critters begin to chase after them.  Options to play are, fact and opinion, context clues, drawing conclusions, and 1-4 syllable words.

Students will click on two ants that are antonyms.  The more a student gets right the more ants that appear.

In this game, students will destroy aliens and space junk.  If they get an alien, they have to answer a context clues question.  If they miss, they lose a life.  How many aliens can they hit? If space junk hits the ship, students will be given a multiplication question to answer.

This is a word search that contains 15 Valentine's Day vocabulary words. It has art that can be colored by students if they are done early. Eight of the words are then used in a correct spelling identification activity. This is a great filler for a Valentine's Day vocab station or group.

For more resources and activities for elementary students, please visit more on the EducationalResource.org website. 

In this scrambled sentences vocabulary worksheet activity, students will rearrange the sentence so that it makes sense.  Each sentence is broken down into three pieces.  The vocab I am hitting in this reading center activity is, effect, clock, quarter, cause, prepare, description, culture, time, process, and glared.

When students are finished they will then go through each sentence and circle all the verbs they can find.

This website provides great student whiteboard activities for elapsed time.  There are two clocks that are completely changeable so that you can ask students what the elapsed time is.  I use the dice frequently because it provides completely random times.  You can hide one clock  and then give how many hours before or after that specific time and now your students have to either draw the time they calculate it to be and then unhide the clock so students can verify their calculations.  

This educational website does a great job with it's analog and digital clock.  You can change the clock to real time.  You can roll a dice to get a random time on the clock.  You can actually change the mode and use the clock's hands to demonstrate angles and fractions.  The clock's style and color can also be changed. You can also change the style of the tick marks that go around the clock which makes it easier for students to view, when you are demonstrating different times.  

In this 3rd-grade math activity, students will use three colors and design a pattern in a 5 x 5 grid.  They will then determine the fractions of each color.  At the bottom of the sheet, students will find fractions from a group of animals and flying machines.

I use this elementary math activity to reinforce the concept of fractions of items.  In this case, the items or objects are the letters in their name.  First students will write their first and last names inside a decorative border.  Next, they count how many letters total, how many vowels and consonants their names contain, and how many letters are the same as the first letter in their names. They will then create fractions based on their answers. This is also an activity to subtly or not so subtly build self-esteem.